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[WHOLE NO. 2006.and apparently almost touching tlie ship's mast-heads;The semi-weekly [ or annum," - o W * " *J the night was dark, aud a long sou'herly swell made/ * ur in iuvuiud, - - - _Weekly, " - - - t 00t> All letters must be addressed ( free of postage)to the editor.Postmasters throughout the Union are requested toact as our agents. Those who uiay particularly exertthemselves in extending the circulation of this1 ,paper, wiii noi oniy ne anuwru nucmi vumiu.wiw..on turn* remitted, But receive our warmest thanks.| ,| THE MADISON IAN.SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23THE GKEAT NATIONAL MEASURE.The Missouri Reporter, received by the lastmail, stales that Mr. Beaton has " declared inpublic that he will not advocate the immediateannexation of Texas, even if he should be instructedto that effect." We trust there will befound some mistake in this statement, or at leastthat some qualification of the declaration wasmade at the time, which was not communicatedto the editor; and we notice the assertionL not to censure the author of the declaration,without a more distinet avowal, but to express' a hope that an error was committed in reportingbis words, aad that he will himself embraceaa early oocasioa ta di?lusa Ma purposes in* such a manner as to preclude the possibility of| misconstruction.Another incident, which transpired in theSenate Chamber last spring, and whi It hasgiven rise to much speculation, and to no littleanimadversion, it is hoped by a large mass ofthe Democracy, will be fully explained by Mr.Benton. We allude to the "bond of Union"sealed by the Senator from Missouri with JohnQ,uiucy Adams. The explanation sought lor,is whether he pledged himself to unite with theMassachusetts member in implacable hostilitylo the purposes of the negotiators of the Treatyof Annexation ; and whether he enlisted as avindicator of the motives and action of Mr.Adams, against the charge of Mr. Brown ofTennessee, and of Gen. Jackson, founded uponinformation derived from Mr. Erving, once ourM inister at the Court of Madrid, that, after aS i treaty negotiated by Mr. E. had been consumma!!ted, placing all of the territory of Texas within( our Southern boundary, he (Mr. Adams) beingSecretary of State, under Mr. Monroe, thrustthe treaty aside and negotiated one himself, fixingthe boundary at the Sabine, ai d givingaway, or refusing to have the territory of Texas? An explanation on this point is unanimously desired by the advocates of immediateannexation; and the more vehemently, becauseMr. Benton has appended u note 10 one ofthe recent speeches, ackuowledging that hedid Mr. Adams great injustice in one of hiseditorials, wheiein he "imprecated a curse" on, him for having given away this territory at thetime, and um)er the circumstances mentionedabove.Understanding that Mr. Benton has arrived inthis city, or is expected 10 arrive in a aay orLt two, we will embrace ibis occasion to draw hisI attention to another matter, not in a captiousspirit, or in the altitude of assault; but by arespectful interrogatory, at the request of a Democratin Tennessee, to elicit information.?Our friend in Tennessee has sent us a number' of the Jonesboro' Whig, dated October the 9th,containing what purports to be a speech deliveredby Mr. B. in Boonville, Missouri, on thelSlhof September last, and written out for publica,tion by himself. Our correspondent has inark*ed sundry passages, which he desires us 10copy, and to inquire if they were really uiteredby the oiator. We comply \yith the request,knowing that if the extracts be not uenuinc, wewill deserve the thanks of Mr. Benton for thusaif>rding hitn an opportunity of denying theirauthenticity:I" Mr. Benton proceeded to ' the subject on whichall were anxious to hear him sneak, namely, the Annex iliou of Texas.' Much of the tir-t pairt of hisSpeech was taken op in establishing the positionswhich he had m .iiitaiued upon the negotiation of thefirst treaty, by which Texas was lost to us throughthe in-truinenlality of Mr. Calhoun and other Southernmembers of Mr Monroe's Cabinet. Me readthe bill introduced by him at the last sessi >ri of Congrei-s,giving authority to the President to open negotiationswith Mexico and Texas, and proceeded toexplain and defend it ' Let those who want TexastritA the Union,'he said, 'go for the bill; let those, who want Texas xc thmit the Union adhere to thedead treaty.'". a a a aI" Disunion was a primary object of the treaty, anintrigue for ihe Presidency was us secondary object;land specula ion and stock-jobbing were auxiliaiyI objects; and the fou- objects together brought it for'ward at the time and in the m.inner in which it camefor*ard, juu lurly days before the Baltimore Convention,and ?l the rxjet moment to mix wnh thePresidential election, and to make dissension, discord,i and mischief b. tween the North and the South ?Mr. B. said he meant this for the prunr movers andnegotiators of the treaty, and not lor those who supportedthe treaty wilhoul participating in the viewofthe makers. He had in various speeches exposedthe disunion scheme and the intrigue for (he 1'residei cy ; he had not shown the part which Ihe landspeculating and Mock jobbing acted in roncocting' the treaty and pressing its ratifi alion. lie had uoinoticed this part, hut it was a conspicuous one, andwass.enby every body at Washington. Ihe citywas a buzzard roost! the Presidential mansion anilDepartment of Htate were buzzard roosts! defiledand polluted by the foul and voracious birds, in th<shape of land-speculators and stork jobbers, wh<saw their piey in the tnaty, and spared no cllort t<secure it. Their own work was to support the Iresty and its friends ? to assail it- opponents?to abu-ithe Senators who were against it?to villify them| and lie upon them in speich rind in writi g and l<" ?.t.nli?h u com in I llee. still "lltiriif in Wn.hinirtnn t<| promote and protect their interest,i *| "There were others who wanted it (Texas) fovery diflcrent purpOte*?the disun orusts, lor exampie?who wanted to nse it for separating the flareholding from the non-s>laveholdiug Male*; I'residential intriguers, who wanted to make and unmakPres.denlial candidates; ami land-speculators amstock-jobbers, who wanted to enrich themselves." Throughout this speech, Mr. It presented it athe design of the Texas treaty not to get Texas mlthe Union, but togitlhe Southern Htales out of iland showed that the whole treaty, arid till the correvprudence relating to it, was s odiously and art tillcontrived for that puiposn. To pick a quarrel witUreal nruain, ami ?i*i me non-sla vehoMmg Stateon the subject of slavery, was the open, un.lisguiset? object of the negotiator from tlie beginning 10 th* ending. To array the slaveholding against the not/L slavrtiol'lirig hall of the Union, was his open and coitinued effort. To prerfent the acquisition of Textas a Southern, sectional, slave-holding questioiwholly directed to the extmsion, perpetuation, anpredominance of slavery, was his express and avo*Mr B *tid he saw the first signs of thi> scheme iI^(involution during the session of CuUgress of 1842'43 He kuw vllier signs of it in the summer ?>i1843; and by the end of the late session of Congressthe sign* bad become so thick and clear thai be wa>able to deuouuce it on the floor of the Seoste Hi?reply to Mr. MeDuffie on Saturday, the 15th ofJu?e, was the firsi public denunciation of this newtreason against the Union. He had denounced itlong lit lure to many persons, and particu arly at thelate session of Congress to Mr. Aaron V. Brown, amember of Congress from Tennessee, who had vicariouslyobtained the Texas letter froin Geneal Jackson,and who seemed to be vicariously charged withsome enterprise on himself, and which was nipjiedin the bud, be it what it might. He had foretold atthe commencement of the session all that he hadproclaimed at the end of it. He knew the treasonabledea gu and the Pesidentiai intrigue long beforehe proclaimed it in the Senate. He could not speakout until tbe signs were sufficiently developed tocommand the attention and the credence of the public.Before the end of the session this was the case.Believing in tbe strength of the Texas question, andthat the patriotic sympathies of the people mightblind them to the consequences of rush counsels,the old nullifiers and disunionists of 1832went boldly to work to accomplish the designwhich they admit they began too soon then.?Disunion as a consequence of non annexation, wasproclaimed in hundreds of resolutions. Measureswere openly concocted for carrying tbe resolutionsinto effect. Members of Congress from the SouthernStates were invited to act together ; communicationswith the Texan Minister were recommended to bemaasi i eU the slave States were to be roused andexcited ; and, to crown the scheme, a Hartford, Convemion, under tbe pretext of a Southern Texas Conution,was proposed to be held at Nashville. Alllhsa Km Ms* U Karl /Unniinnorl in flip. Kp.nnlf*. Hftdenounced it in the hearing of thousands, with theconcurrence of almost al), and without denial fromany. Whigs and Democrats applauded him. Happilythere was one green spot in the political field,where Whigs and Democrats united, and that was inthe patriotic field of devotion to the Union. Whigscheered him as well as Democrats, when he denounceddisunion in the American Capitol; andsince that time a etilI more striking spectacle hadbeen scan when, on the 6th day of July, the presentmonth, Whigs and Democrats assembled at Nashvillein joint meeting, and in energetic resolutionspiotesied against the desecration of Tenn.ssee soilby profaning it to the purposes of a disunion Convention.Tnese resolutions will repulse the SouthernHartford Convention from Nashville, and driveit to seek some other locality.''We shall be truly rejoiced to ascertain thatthe speech from which the above extiacts(marked for insertion in our paper) are taken,was merely an 41 invention of the enemy;"although it is quite probable that such sentiments,purporting to come from such a distinguishedsource, may have very materially operateden the election in Tennessee, in whichState this document was extensively circulated.The measure of Annexation, however, issufficiently potential of itself to make it3 way toa happy consummation, in despite of oppositionfrom any quarter. It is the People's measure,and to resist it is to be crushed. The tfforl tostem the tide of its growing popularity, when ithad as yet not acquired one-fourth of its destinedimpetus, annihilated schemes for the Presidency which had been concocting for years, andwhich formed the grand result of the labors andintrigues of powerful combinations of politiciansand presses. This was when the measurewas in its infancy ; subsequently, when itwaxed a little stronger, but while still in itsyouth, like a young Hercules, it demolished theWhig partv, and placed one of its sincere advocatesat ihe htad of the Government, who hadnot, previous to its birth, even aspired to thatexalted position.And now, when the power of this great nationalmeasure is rapidly attaining the full vigorof maturity, it would be well for politicians, beforeopposing it, to consider u? importance tothe country, "geographically, commercially,and politically;" the will of the People, justexpressed at the polls ; and, dually, in w hatlight their conduct may be viewed by posterity.Calumny and detraction did their worst duringihe contest just closed so triumphantly.?11 the charges and fabrications in the extractswe have copied, be not indeed the* productionsof the author to whom they are attributed, stillthey have been tv. ry where circulated ; andsimilar ones, of almost equal enormity, havebeen uttered by our opponents in every sectionof the Union, and all to no purpose. ThePresident, the S?cretaryof State, and a'1 theable a id patriotic statesmen who cheered themon in their labors, are sufficiently acquitted o!tbe evil des gns imputed to them bv their circurnventedenemies. The People would noibelieve such preposterous and absurd libels, aridtheir vetdict of " not guilty " has b en depositedin the BALLOT BOX.EMOL1ENTS.We perceive, by the Philadelphia papers,that the ladies of thai city are raising a fond tcpresent Mr. Clay with a service of silver, whichit lo cost several mou-nnu uouars; anu ? pruposiionhas alto been started to raise a fund, bysubscription, to purchase ' Mount Vernon,' thehotneof Washington, which it < fi -red for sale,to be presented to Mr. Clay as a ^ign of regard,which shall have some relation to the depths andi extent of the feeling entertained by the donors.'And in Providence, Rhode Island, it is proposid! to procure by subscripted a full length portraitof Mr. Clay, to hang in the Senate Chamber by' lie side of Stuart's Washington, or in sornt. other public place ; while elsewhere, some olus fri nds are anxious for Ins statue in marble,ihe expenses of its procuration to be paid by, wo shilling subscriptions. "All this, however, will not effectually softer( he aspemy of Mr. ('lay's disappointment;?. for, afier looking, "lo! these many years,;' t(he gilt (more precious than all) o! the I'resif lency, he hat ''seen his fondest hopes decay.'[1 The "service of silver" will he of little servicito hini?Mount Vernon is in too near proximittk to the White Hou>e for an agreeable residencei< and as 10 the portrait and the statue, his friend> evince a satisfaction truly comniendahle?to hij -atisfied with the xhndnic since they failed bti secure the substance itself.A New Wat of Manteactcsivo TAivr.?Th' following (says the Prnsaeola (?azeiie) was relateito us by ? person wh ) wns formerly a carpenter iithe. U. S Navy:" ''During a cruise in the South Pacific, we wen1 into the harbor of Coquimbo, and as (he ship had beeout a long time, she was covered with rust from stei" to stern. It was the anxious wish of the rommanrtethat she should he restored to her | ristina colors, buon emmining the store room, 'Iwns ascertained lha0' *l ? -a ~r .kit. i 1 .k. .k;? . ;I mere was no* a jnjuuu ui nmw ic?u m mo ?hij? , ithis emergencj I bethought me of an expedient whichconcocted an admirable substitute, computed of thefollowing ingredient*:"Air-slacked lime, pulverized until it was of theconsistency of tlour, which was then passed througha sieve."Rice boiled in a large kettle until the substancewas drawn entirely out of the grain ; the water, thenof a plastic nature, was strained to separate thegrain, fito., and clear the liquid- A tub, about thesize of a half-barrel, of the prepared lime andrce-waler was mixed witb a gallon of linseedoil, and the material bad so much the appearance ofpaint that a novice could not have told the difference."The ship was painted outside and inbi ard withthe above mixture (which cost next to nothing) andnever presented a liner white streak on her binds orcleaner bulwarks and berth-deck than < n that occasion,and no other kind of white paint was used duringthe remainder of the cruise."GOV POLK AT HOME.The Nashville Union, replying to the Banner onthe subject of the vote for Mr. Polk in his own town,Columbia, says:?" It is true that a majority of votes were given forHenry Cluy in Columbia, but it is not true that theywere given by the citizens of tbat town; for the de- ,feat of Gov. Polk in his own precinct being one ofthe highest points of whig ambition, hundreds of theirfiarty were induced to go in from Adjacent prerinc's ior this inglorious purpose. It is, therefore, uo evidenceof lack of neighborhood popularity. On thecontrary, it is the best possible evidence that, but forthis incoming of whig voters from other precincts,G..V. Polk would have had a decided majority in thecountry seat where he res des.So with the Hermitage precinct. It has been thepractice of the personal and political friends of MessrsBell, Foster, &. Co., for years to go from Nashvilleand other precincts of this county to the Hermitagepoll on the morning of the election, and there casttheir votes. The object is self-evident. It is 10 giveforth to our country and the world, a false impression?an impression that a majority of Gen. Jackson'sown neighbors are not friendly to him. Contemj tibleas it is, those who are in the habit of it, openlyboast of their conduct at the corners of the streets ;and their presses, as in this case, controlled by intellectsinebriated with the ilistilment of malice and revenge,give voice to the false impression and exultover it.To all the gratification wh ch this labor and painsto wrong and misrepresent the great and good oldman of the Hermitag e ati'ord these disappointed, revengeful and malicious partisan leaders, they aremore than welcome. In the language of other days :" it i3 wasting ammunition against a bomb proof battely"But ihe slander of Gov. Polk's home reputation becomesstill grosser in view of the fact that Maurycounty, wh.re he has resided from boyhood, andwhere he still resides, gave, him a maj irity of nearlyseven hundred votes; and the Congressional Districtwhich he so long represented, composed of Lincoln,Giles, Mauiy, Bedfoid, and the new counties of Marshalland Coti'ee, gave him a majority of nearly thirtyeighthundred.THE ELK RUNNERS. 1From the St. Louis Reveille. I[The fallowing extraordinary relation is literallytrue. It li3S been communicated to us by one of ouroldest and most respectable citizens, and is furthersubstantiated by the concurring testimony of the se|nior editor of this paper, who knew both of the men| spoken of, and has never heard the story doubted.; Major John Dougherty, the "Kentuckian" mentioned,is still living in Clay County, Missouri, which hehas represented in the Legislature, besides havingfilled the important post of lodian Agent. He wasfamous in his youth, among the prairie and mountainmen, as a hunter of extraordinary skill and endurance.We should like, of all things, to hear hisj own statement of an adventure which is certainlyamong ihc most marvellous ever heard out of thepages of fiction? if, indeed, fiction has any thing to! compare with it.]In the year 1818, the Mi?souri Fur Company hada |>ost below Council Bluffs, named Fort Lisa, afterlh -gentleman wbo had established it. Thrre wasmuch co*ii| elilion in the trade at that time, and itwas a great point to select ihe very best nun for runners.Mr. Lisa had with him a young Kentuckian named[)., a fine daring fellow, with a frame of iron, thespeed i f an osti ich, and the endurance of a camel.?He was fortunate, moreover, in the retention of ahalf-breed, called Mai Bauf, who, notw ithslandnighis i ame (bad bet f,) was c nsiJcrcd of hardly lessmerit than I).; and between the two men, consequently,a keen rivalry existed D. had travelled onfool from Blackbird Hills to Fort Lisa, a distance of'JO miles, in thirteen hours ! Mai If osuf also boastedsome asloni-huig feats of "bottom.' and both werestationed at the Fori, during the time we speak of,for the purpose of providing venison.Oi.e evening in July, the weather extremely warm,the grass hi.h, and the pu.-t were unfurnished withmeal, the two men were playing at cards, when their?inp oyer came up, reproached them Willi their neg1I'gence, and order?d them to start, the first thing inthe morning, on a hunt. Obedience was promised, of. course, but the game continued, each moment growingmore desperate, the sj irit of rivalry peri dingtheir hearts in every thing, till finally, in rmng brokeas ihe h df-breed declared hi nsell to be broken.?They fell asleep on the spot, and the sun was wellUp, when Mr Lisa, informed of the rase, again approachedin no pleasant humor, it may be suppos.d,cursed, sorted ai d cutaAoo'i/, until Ihe deli, quents,fully aroused, and a little alarmed took their gunsand started oil" lor t'apdlion crnk, on the edge ol iheprairie ; about five miles of) There they discovereda gang of elk when the Kentuckian suggested a plan1 ol approach, wniih would enable them to get a good1 shot. The half breed, rankling at his companion's, uiuinph the r.ighl previous, observed, sulkily :"I don't kill elk Wuh my gun, but with mv knife."The plur k if the Kentucman was aroused in ministanl rigriiiy|inicrpreimg inc. vaunt a* a rn?iiengc u?1 a irul i f speed and bo torn, and on hi* . nying proudlythat what In* rompamon could do, he c uld do alto,' >oih hui g their nun* on a tree, and approaching thei elk a* n?* ,r a po?*ib e, th< y sud !enly r..i cd the InIdian >'11, which hail a most paralyzing elicet up ni the animal.Off they went acros* a low prairie, a few mile* inI width, h aving their pursuer* far behind; but steadilythe latlri continued their pac>, nevei lh. les*.?I'hey reaclird the bluff?ascended?crossed?descended?>i,e resolve uppermost in their minds "ne'vrr to say fail." League alter league the c.iase ai df rai e continued, the men pariling like hound*, coolingtheir mouths in Closing an occasional branch, by' throwing up the water with their palms, but snh unrpausing, until a pr aching bill liorn riv. r, a distan eof twenty miles, by mutual agreement they took acircuit with an incr<a*ed speed, got ahead of the elk1 and actually prevented them trom crossingLeagues and leagues upon a new tack the chase} continued, the animals by this time so exhausted byheat, thirst, and above a I fright, for the hunter* had" incessantly sent lorih their yells, in this ea-e as much' a ?rreant of mutual defiance as an artifi c of thechase, that they now scarcely exceeded their pursuer*in speed; the latter furted and maddened withf excitement, redoubled their effort* until the elk,reaching a prairie pond or sinK, the hunters at ilieirheel-, plunged despairingly in, lay down and abansdoned themselves, hecdics of all else, to the giatifirrat < n of their Oi l st The frantic riva s, knife inr, hand, dashed in aft? r their prey, begin the woikofi slaughter, puusn g not until they nad ouuhcied sixt, en i lk, dragged them Irom the water, and rut upand prepared the meet tor transportation to the Fort,r whither they had to return lor horses,d Had the victory ended f No! tor victory or d. nthn ' was the inwnfd determination ; and as yet neitherh id given way. Off dashed again the indomitablet half breed ami at his side the unyielding Kentucki.,nn Hnlge and hollow, stream and limber?there was non y elding now ?in desperate silence were left behind,r , The sun was sinking?blind, sla.'gering on they wentt, ?they reached tin* Fort, h aggard, wild and voiceless,it as fro nthe fires of the savages, the gauntlet of fiend*,n; A crowd gathering round the exhausted men, whohad arrived together, and now fainting, sli'l aide byside, a long tunc before they were enabled by eignaand whispers, to tell that they bad run down sixteenelk, and yet could'nt say which was the best man !This feat brought upon D. an affection of the lung*,nor did he recover his strength for several years.?fie is still alive?a quiet and influential citizen.Mai UujuI became very dissipated, and died in a shorttime. Our informant tells us that he has made anexamination of the country, forming their racetrack,himself, and that they, without eiaggeialion; musthave run seventy-five miles between the hours of 8A. M. and 7 P. M. He is load of reading the NewYork S( irit of the Tunes, and wishes to know whutthe editor thinks of the Barclay and Ellsworth breed,when compared with the prairie runners of the wist ??a thousand of whose exploits retuaiu uutolJ, asmatters of common occurrence."THE MAN THAT DID NOT VOTE!"Under this title there is published in the PhiladelphiaSaturday Evening Post, two admirable sketchesby J. C. Nea), the Dickens of America. The first?r M. P^U,. W Pnniluras " the politician without a side." Mr. Ponder, ashis name indicate*, never decided any thing hastily?in fact never decided at all. Mr. Meal first gives ussome general accour.t of the birth and parentage ofMr. Ponder.His mother's name was Mrs. Perplexity Ponder,bwhos? earthly career came to an end, while she wasin dubilalion as to which of the various physicians ofthe place.should be called in. If there hud been onlyone doctor in the town, Perplexity Ponder mighthave been saved. But there were many ; and whatcould Perplexity do in such a case ?Bonder's lather was run over by a wagon, as hestood debating with himself, in the middle of theroad, whether he should escape forward, or retreatbackward. There were two me.hods of extrication,and between them both, old Ponder became avictim.One of Peleg's daily difficulties was in not beingable to answer the question, "how are you?"'People,' ha says, are always asking mc how Ido, arid more than half the time, 1 can't tell?there'sa good many dilferentjsoris of ways of feeling betwixtand between, 'very sick, 1 thank you,' and'half dead, 1 am obliged to you,' and people won'tstop to hear you explain the matter. They want toknow right smack, when you don't know right smackyourself. Sometimes you feel things a-coming, aiujust at'icr, jou feel things a-going. And nobody'sexactly prime all the while; 1 amt anyhow?I'mKinder so, just now, arid I'm sorter t'other way,just afier. Then, some people tell you that youlook very well, when you don't feel very well?ho* then r'At table Peleg is not exactly sure what he willtake ; and sits looking s.owly up and down the board,deliberating what he would like, until the rest ofthe company have finished thier repast, there beingof en nothing left which suits Peleg's hesitatingappetite.Peleg has never married?not that he is averse tothe connubial state?on the contrary, he has a largeshare of the susceptibilities, and is always part'allyin love, But female beauty is so various.'If there wasn't so many of them, 1 shouldn't be sobothered,' said Peleg; or, if they all looked alike, aman couldn't help himself. Hut yesterday 1 wantedthis one?to-day, 1 want thut one; and how can 1 tell,if 1 should gt t litis, or that, or t'other, that it wouldn'tsoon be somebody else that 1 really wanted ? That isthe dilliculty It always happens s? with me. Whenthe lady's mott courted, and thinks 1 ought to speakout, then 1 begin to be skeered, for f. ar I've made a Imistake and nave been thinking 1 loved her when 1 1didn't. May be it's not the right o..e?may be shewon't suit?may bo 1 might do better?may be I hadbetter not venture at all. 1 wish there wai-n't souiauy 'may he's' about every thing, especially in such Ia Hairs. I've got at least a dozen unfinished courtshipscn band already.'Mr. Ponder is next introduced to us as a politician?his fortune becomes impaired, and he wants ail office.But here diHicu.ties increase. iFor whom shall Peleg shout?Behold him as be puzzles over the returns of the |State elections, laboring in vain to satisfy his mind |as to the icsult in the PresiJtntial contest. Stupificdby figures?perplexed by contradictory state- Imeiits?Dolheied by the general tiunah; what canreieg uo:' W ho's going to win ? That's all I want to know,'exclaims the vixed Peleg ; '1 don't w ant to w aste mytime a blowing out for the wrong person, and nevergtt a thank'ee. What's the use of that? There'sqjnnpkins?sjjs I, Simpkms, says 1, which is theparly that can't be b<at? And Chmpkins turns upins nose and tells me every fool knows th t?it's hisside?so I hurrah lor fcumpkius' side as hard as I canHut then cotr.e Timpkms ? 1 impkins' s.de is t'o.lurside from bimpkins' side, and Timpkms oil. in to betiae three lev.es that Ins side is the side that can't hebeat. Hurrah! says I, for Timpkins's side!?andthen 1 can't tell w hich side ''As lor the new-papers, th at's worse still. 1 heynot only crow ail round, but they cypher it out soclear Hut both sides uiti-t win, it there's any tiutli hidie cyphering book, which there isn't about electioniiuicb. W hat's to be done? I've tried going to allthe meetings?I've hurra'd for every body?I've beenin all the proce-sions, and I sit a little while in all jtorts of head-quarter*. I've got one kind of documentsin otic [sack' I, and t'other kind of documentsin t'oi her pocket; ami as 1 go home at night, I singone sort of song a- loud as I can bawl, hull the was,and try another sort of *ong the rest nt the way,I just to split the difference and show my imparti lit).1 If I only had two votes?a couple ol 'em, how niceit would be.''But the best thing that can be d, ne now I gu>ss,as my character is e-tablishcd both ways, is to turnin quietly till the row is all over. Nobody will missme when they'.e'so busy ; and afleiw.irds, wi cn weknow all about it, ju?t look lor iVhg W. Ponder, asbecomes down the s rcet?, shaking people by theband, arid saving h >w we have ustd ti.em up. 1 can'tj>a) > i now, or I would?lor 1 am not perfectly sureyet which is we,'or whtc.i is'them.' i'uue enoughwhen the election is over.'IThe election ranvns* grows warm, and P> leg is: hang ng between "he two patties?now attracted byinu and now by ihai? ever certain y the re nor n. ver ceit.inly lu re', lie cannot make up liie amidj wliu h *h li w in?and all hit ad vis (,g wiili his friends, I linpkl .a and .M.npk.iis, two leaders of the epp suepari us, only incr. ?? < his d I In uhies. I le l.ei In.u jiit1 Iiiiii ol vol. Z ii Id ink ticke-1. hu. w, s afi.i.d ol dl-co*cry?be then thnug'il ho wouM he u k ? lieing up' the l> n cser, inoliling I e i < 11, and having a li'ud 01I tan placed lit* fere ll.k dOor. Ill tbl* miud DC ;W? Ininn, kins :?' J'iui( ki.ii he Raul, putting hi* hanil to tin* headl in a louctiing in inner, " 1 iiii(,kin*, the eiciteiin nts, ?this ruileting lor my country?don* ine brown. II do IiHicvi , 'i i iipKinit, there is something wrong here,[ ill my n, ( t.i story?my head, Tlinpkliis, h .s an cinplyli el."Giurrets to let, perhap-," replied Tim|kina."Don't be j 'king, Tnnpkins. It seema sometimesas if I had n., lic.nl on my shouldc*?my head, y< tisec?"" W< II,1' said Ti.nltins, "there's nothing in that;and if you cin get along without u head, it save*hata."' I've an idea, Timpkina, yes?1 know?I am goingto be *n k?at such a tunc, t o?the loss of one volehas somct m< s turned he sc It?I'd lather die thanhave it said innt^Peleg \V. Ponder did not do his du"(tooi!agtn, Ponder?you're tlie ginywinr artiele ;and it shall never he said that you itiil imt Vote, ilthere's a single pufl'of bicinh lelt in your hndy.''"What?"crid Ponder, somewhat aghast."Ve*, Ponder?I'll see to it ju t he as sjrk m~ -- ?? "" j " ' ?? ...?conniptions, or any thing you pi-a?e, an Itiat you *:<mi111 able to wink and hold a ticket in your fi^t?I'llcome after you in a cab?we'll ride you to t|,c jolla,bed ami all?dor'ore, phynic, e?ery thing to make youcomfortable ; and then, ehn wn'ie done with you,Peleg, why, ycu may hop the twig just as e on a? itsuit* your convenit net ?it won't make any ddferr n 'e,you know, after the election. In a patriotic pint otnf viPW IVl. ?r f> 11 (I fh*t'.a I .i' \irvv V.tii ?. I w i tit :? L'* - J t j" t rh mnn'a of n<? kind ot u-e the lection." \"But fro./t 1 ketch a death of cold,M inquired Fetleg, in dejection ; "clouds is such bad things wheithey're bad coldo."" W hut it' y< u do, patriotically considered?what'sa man in comparison to a vole?what's a.bad coldcompared to glory I Your vote won't ketch cod;and if the worst should happen, we'll have a paragraphabout it in the newspapers; and at every electionthat is lo come, we'll be able to coax all tlie sick v.rlersto turn out by telling 'em how it wus the deathof you. You'll he immortal z-d cheap."Peleg also consulted teinipkinu, who is on the otherside, relative lo the snue distressing matter; butbimpkins for once agreed with Timpkins as lo trieproper method of procedure. It Was lus decided opinionthat if Ft leg should chance to be unwell, hemust of course be carried to the polls, at all hazards,because, ua Mr. Siuipkins observed in a kiudly manner,"it wasn't of no consequence whatsumdever, iiPeleg W. Po"der, did defunct, as soon as his vote hudbeen got in. They could send him home after thepulls had closed."A man can't live forever, you know, Peleg," saidSimpkins, in the way of consolution ; and you'vebeen about lit re a good while, it can't make much diIference?afteryou have voted. There will be plentyof us left.'' And thus, finding no encourageirieiitamong his friends,'on either side in referenceto his favonte project, Peleg abandoned the idea ulbeing sick, ?sm cully as he lemembered that the voterin a cub flariinr with nlacards ami streaming withbanners, has no chance at all. Political cal>y are alwaysdistinctly and decidedly for somebody ; an J thosewho ride in them, are likely to he set down as beingfor the same person."It won't Uo," groaned Prleg ; "a nan can't possiblyride in two cabs, or in more tbua one bus?rot atthe same. time. It I must go, I'll walk?I've got twolegs any how?a leg on each side?a hand on eachaide?yea, and a sharp eye on each side. All I wantis a vo e on euch side, so that 1 might go in to ernright and left, swing corners; sashay, and lemonadeall round."Chancel It struck Peleg that he would have recourseto chanci?to the sores Virgilianae?to decideupon what should be the nature of his vote, froma feeling that perhaps a genius hovers in the air, who,if properly appealed lo, will direct the erratic anddoubtful steps ot the great family of tho Ponders. Hebetook >'iinselfto a by-place, and after looking cautiouslyaround, Pelea drew a penny from his pocket? Heads is Sinipkins's side?tails is Tini( kin*'* side?which ever comes upoflnest, that's mj side." Tiredof coppers, he drew lots?weaticd with lots, he hadrecourse to various other means; but as he never fellsufficiently satisfied lo stop, these devices lufi himpretty much as he wa-before. "1 wish," said Prleg,"I could only come across the man who was foolenough to invent these elections?I'd like to knowwho found out about voting, just to plague me everyyear. Nice business to be sure, to bo compelled tothink?to do Something when you don't know whatto do; and to he something when you uon't knowwhat to dp?jus' at) it all a man s tune wag to be takenup in thinking and doing, and being, bo thut hecan never be done. W hat side is Peleg W Ponderon 1 bide!?what do I care about aide 1 Whycan't a man be his own aide, and know who's goingto win, that lie may hurrah right, and have?ome loafanil fish '! That's the kind of aide I want?inside?that suits me; but somehow or other, 1 always getoutside?wrong 6ide?'o her side?downside, insteadof upside" and Peleg i-ighet' beside, as te resolved thathe would exercise the utmost judgment on the occasion,which was about to present itself, ihat he mightarrive "this side up with care," for once in his hfe,and have a lucrative side at last. If nut, tie wouldbe beside himself." Men ask me what I think of this candidate andhis principles, and of that candidate and his principles.Stuti!?what do the candidates think of PelegW. Ponder and hit principles? Which of them isthe most sensible man, and thinks me a good fat ofticeand a big arm chair?the thumpingest salary andplenty of other people to do the work, while 1 cutmy n.iinc on the table with a knife that I didn't haveto buy "1 He's the right kind of a m n?he thinks tothe purpose ; and if 1 was sure he'd be elected, I'dvote for hiui as often as they woald let me, and ask noquestions." if 1 had only thought of it in time, I would haveorganized myself into a town meeting, and appointedmyself as a Committee of Correspondence, to writeto the candidates to ask them their ?emimcnls. Novoting in the dark for me. What's your candid opinion,public or privaie, of the claims of Peleg VV.Ponder upon this great republic ?what do you thinkhis services are worth ; and, in case of your election,what do you pledge yourself to give him, no back out,and no dodging round the corner ?"Slowly sauntered Peleg to the election gronnd ; forTimpkins and Simpkim?both sides?had promisedto come for him in c.t?e that he did not appear ?t thepolls in the course oi the morning. Peltg stopped atall the head quarters, and took In kets troni every bodywho oflcrcd him one, until his pockets were quitefull. Indeed, he carefully read each ticket, as it wasthrust into Ins hand, nnd asked whether they werequite sure ii was light, lie studied all the placards,as if he sought to relieve his mind by the recicationsof light literature, and by the graces of classical composition: and he neatly winked Ins eye out, by workingIn- visual optics r.ghl and left, to the leaders ofparty, to convince them all rou nd that Peleg W. Ponderis the man to he relied on at a punch." All this is nice ?nough," said Ponder, " a mandon't require a s de for tins sort of business ?butwhat shall 1 do when I go the window?how then?"Hurrah, there, fonder!" cried Simpkins andTimpkins in n breath, a- each of itiem, with hostiletickets and conflicting placards, rushed joyously towardsthe doubter." I his is the ticket," exclaimed Simpkins."Oh, go'way?this is the t ck t that Pender alwaysrotes, dead 01 alive?isn't it, Ponder?" addedTini| kins." ."Nonsense !?Ponder knows that this ticket is theonly one warranted to save the republic, w ithout sab,"sud Simpkins.' P..ndcr's no fool, though you think him one?ifthis ticket is not carried, the country rnijht jist aswell he set fire to, and no injines to play upon it."" Without us, the grass won't grow."" And if we don't get in, that's all the grass willhave to do?there won't be any use lor hay, never nomore."" Thieves !" said Simpkins, in a rage." It bbers !" rejoined Timpkins in a fury." Swindlers and demd- rs ! ' cried Simpkins." Kascals and ruffians!" added Timpkins." Don't believe 'em Ponder?fibs, falsehoods andflam !'"Not a word of truth in anything they say?allcalumniazalioti and bamhoozlement."" Gentlemen, gentlemen, he cool," chimed in F' >niler;" upon my soul, if I dnn't believe you both iitakes me to be impartial, and to have equal faith inTimpkins and Simpkins?Tirapkins is right, andSimpkins is right. That's the way I make myselfngie. able to every body. Timpkins says Simpkins is;t rogue. V i rv goou. MmpKint -ays inai I 1114 wins1* a rascal Just so. There is proof that each ofyou wants to ruin the country. Per ectly properIf one don't pet in, the gra-s won't prow ; and if iheother don't get in, there will he no body to use thegrass if it does prow. Right both ways? fi st ratefellows ; every whirh way, aceordin't to your ownshowing Aiow, t en, which aide is going to win?"" Ours !" shouted both.14 Met you a hat!"' A suit of clothes !"44 Oyster supper for six !''44 A champuigne blow out for n.ne?sna; ping turtlesand venison steaks!"44 Two to one I"14 Ten to one !"44 Hundred to one !"4 All I've cot- wife, children, everything inysrllinto Hie bargain !"44 Wouldn't l.ave you, nor none of your party, fota Chr .Unas gift."41 If I liv. 1 in Ihe same street with many such fellows as your side, I'd move right out, w ituout stopI ing to pay the rent "While I tmpkins and Simpkins were thus emleavnring to make the truth appear, hy dint ol hard tie)nng, ami harder words, FVlep \V. Ponder, contriveto disappear. It is said that in the rour-e of the dajli*s Kimttijll tnunv f a rr With trrPftlY J IS n- care,lh.it he nvjht 1 .ot deviate from the strict Imeolimpartiality; hut how he voted, no one has yet hrcnable to discover. The judges and inspector* of f'eIirs waid reeollort something about seeing: hi* animuscountenance at the window ; but still th?rn is astrong impression on the minds of many, that eventhen he had not reached a conclusion, and merely... -ime old snip uuuuie aooui mucn mote man ?u> agreeable to cither passengers or crew. The pa:eblue roinpassant was flitting from spar to apar, or, 1111 the beautiful language of Falconer?"High ou the roams, with pale and livid rays,Aoiid .he gloom portentous meteors blaze,"making the darkness still more impenetrable.8ix l ells of the first watch had been s ruck, andnow the ram began to fall, in the way that it onlydoes between the tropics; loud peals of thunderbroke over our beads, and the lightniog Hashed aroundus, illuminating the ship fore and aft." The ethereal dome in mournful pomp arrayed,Now buried lies beneath unpeiious shade ; ,Now flashing round intolerable light,Redoubles all the terrors of the nigtil."At this time the danger from the electric fluid wasso great, that the first mate ordered all the watch underthe shelter of the poop, so as to be less exposedto danger, and at the same time ready in case of anaccident, and ou no account to go forward near theanchor, or to stand in the way of the chain topsailsheets. We had thus remained in a close body unIll near midnight, the thunder and lightning becomingmore and more terrific, quailing the hearts of thestoutest men an board, when lo! the ship's bell onthe forecastle gave one loud peal" Who is that at the bell?" cried tbe mate.No answer. "Dong, dong.""Forward! there, what do mean by tolling thatbell?"All was silent for a moment, and then another toll,louder than before. "Go some of you, and see whois lolling the bellbut no one seemed inclined toobey the order. "Why don't you move?" iie saidLgain, " are you afraid to go?" " Let him go himself,"said au old tar, " he is better paid for it thanwo are." ,The parly were huddled together like a flock ofsheep, probably thinking there was safety in number."What can it be?'said one "Old Davy Joneswill have somebody in his locker before long," saidanother. "Ay, boys; this comes of letting the passengersshoot the Mother Carey's chickens," said athird. " Its Bill Young's gho.-t,") alluding to ayoungster who had died a few days befo.-e,) whispereda young lad who stood trembling by my side; "hewas always lond of striking a bell."The excitement was now so great that the boldestheart seemed struck with terror; and men who hadoravea every Ganger 01 tne seas lor years were apparentlyparalyzed and nerveless. Peal alter peal ofthunder bri.ke above our heads, the Ightning flashedand hissed around us, the rain poured down as if oseconddeluge was coming, and every moment we expected the elecirict fluid would strike (he ship, andwiap her in a sheet or flame. At intervals went thebell?dong?dong? dong?making' the scene moreappalling. ~For a few minutes there was a cessation of therolling thunder, and the male thought this a good opportunityof discovering the unknown bell-ringer.Advancing a few paces, he sa d, 44 Come men, wewill go in a body, and so find out who is amusing himselfwith the bell." So saying, he led the way, andwe all followed rather closely packed, and a great inclinationfor each one to be the last In this way wehad reached the main deck, when one of the inostintense and withering dashes?no, not a flash?hut astream of lightning sealed up our eyes, and was followedby a volley of thunder w hich broke directlyover our heads, snaking the ship to her very keelson.As soon as we recovered from the shock, a rush wasmade for the qua iter deck, and there we stood breathlessr.nd horror-stricken?dong?dong?dong?dong.44 Ah ! hear that, sir?" said one of the men ; 44 it's nouse templing God and Bill Young's ghost. A sharkwas along side this evening, which bodes uo good,and some poor fellow w ill have to leave the key ofhis chet-t with his mess-mate before long.A breeze of wind at this moment taking the shipaback, the order was given to haul the mainsail up,preparatory to bracing the yards round. Now, a I- .though sailors have a great d^hke to encounter anything in the shajie of ghosts, invisible bell-ringers,kc , they never think of disobeying an order whenthey know it is for some necessary duty. Awaystarted the whole party, the clew garnets were rovethrough the windlass holes, (1 must speak technically)?dong?dong?doi.g?theropes were grasped,but just as the word was given to haul up, a burrt ofthunder, louder than the roar of ten thousand heavyartillery, rent the air, simultaneously with a mostvivid fla-.li of lightning, and every man w as prostratedun the deck; liuw long 1 l?_\ there stunned and Lilmded, 1 know not, but on recovering my ie< t, I b.gan tofeel oiound me, when my bands cams in contactwilb a rope-yarn stretched fore and aft, from thecook-house to the foremost, and as 1 pulled it, thebell began again such a succession of sounds thatcompletely a-lonished rae ; but by tracing along theyarn, 1 found one end fas; to the tongue of the bell,and the other to the finger of one of my messmate*.Jemmy Mel) , who was snugly seated in thecook's coal bucket, taking a comfortable snooze in vthe galley. It being his turn to strike the hoursduring the watch, he had adopted this method toshelter himself from the storm, and a loose ropeswinging across the deck with the rolling of the ship,caused all the alarm. Master Jemmy only escapedtasting the virtue of a r pe'? end, by pleading uncon- ieciousne.ss of the storm above and ar und turn. Howhe could have slept under such circumstances alwaysremained a my?tery. When daslght came, wefound the sails much scorched, anil the main royalmastshivered by lightning?nothing but the torrentsof rain which fell duiing the night, saved the shipand all on board from certain destruction.Curiocs?A party of gentlrm-n, one day thisweek, discovered on an island in the Osage, about 10mile* above this place, two or three old gun barrels,I) ing upon or near he surface of the ground. Upondigging, they found within three feet, ?b ut forty gunbarrels, some sixty hoe-, and thirty or forty ax? s, andSome lew gun locks, togrther with other implementssupposed to be used for inin nj, all n arly ejtcn upwith rust.It is said that about forty years ago. a company ofSpaniards ascended the Osage river, for the purposeof mining and trad ng?that they were interruptedny a party of Indians and compelled to retreat, alterha tily burying their implc i en s, stores, and whateverof value they had with them, that they werepursued, and most of the company killed. 'I he leaderof the expedition esc aped and afterwards died orI nine L illi-il nl I. .litre Is and le .vu ir amone his minersa journal of hi* mining expedition on the Osnge?and this recent discovery is supposed to be store*Duried < n the occasion referred to. There is somethingsaid about three sacks made of deer's hides,tilled with dollars, being buried at the same time andplace, but to say nothing of the. improbability of solargo a sum of money being carried upon such anexpedition, we suppose the money, like that of thelamotts old Riiccanier, Blarkbeard, has sunk so deepby this time, it would require some wizard spell toregain it. However the money was not found amcn^the gun barrels.? Chagr Wotnnn" Ccimino iv W si.r.s?Miss Beale, in sn interest,ing sketch of South Wales, gives the folio* itig explanatin of the u?t * of the w ord " coming ':" The word ' coming ' in Wales, like ' set 'ing ' inAmerica, is one of universal acceptation : it is applied in fifty different ways, and does not alone meanthe action of moving from plare to place, f r youmay be remtng w ithout even the intention of motion.|'he butter r?mrf in some parts of Kngland when itis beginning to torm from the cream ; but in Wales,not only butter and cheese, but every other inanimateobject, rmtr.t. If you speak to a man of thetate of his ci p?, his trees, his garden, he will tellyou at once thai they are c ming. I ne mm n *nipped some of hi* cabbage*, they're 'riming ncninr famous now,' or the potatoes are ' coming fi ort!ie ' lr ki are comtn- br nihftU ' Cows, pigs, ducks,. gei*c, and chicken* all comc. if they thrive at all; anda* to men, women and children,they are forever rrwimg.Praise a boy for hi* good writing, and he tell* yoii. with a pleased smile, 'Oh! y? s, I think it'II eetnrwin st a father ?i?yi that hi* child is ' t ming capnai nt. h shook.' The consolation in case* of illness is always,' i\ever yolt mind, he'll come yet;' and when you areI creeping from one room to another for th? fir-t tint*, after loi % and severe indisposition, you ate told thatt you are ' coining beaut fulthott/h vnur lep? *e i ce,vupp rt you, from weaknesa. If you venture a remarkU| on *omr wretched little a ckl, int .. t, y>u ?rnanswered by a ' ye* a ir? be\ com ng niee now.'?( ripples and bed--rddon person' nerri . ea? coming' ?ami, in MH n, < ?t-i j ^iciruu wiu .?.w. .except nR (he wa ters at iOBi, who neer ccnu w... n' Ihej are called."' J